M4.0 earthquake 59 km WNW of Illapel, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 59 km WNW of Illapel, Chile on Wed, May 10, 2017, 5:51 AM GMT-3 (08:51 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 57 km WNW of Illapel, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (ml), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-05-10 08:51:08 UTC
- Depth
- 12.7 km (7.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.475° S, 71.766° W
- Region
- Chile
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.5 km horizontally, 11.5 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 191°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.556 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3422 days ago · 43 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.368 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3422 days ago · 65 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
- 4.053 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3415 days ago · 28 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
- 4.424 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3410 days ago · 43 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
- 4.167 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3409 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 4.340 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3408 days ago · 28 km deep · 90 km away
- 5.757 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3396 days ago · 27 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 155
- 4.059 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3395 days ago · 34 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.126 km SSW of Monte Patria, Chile · 3391 days ago · 79 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 4.5Near the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 3389 days ago · 22 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 5.117 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3381 days ago · 53 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 15
Before
- 3.969 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3439 days ago · 28 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.794 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3443 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.636 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3450 days ago · 52 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 4
- 4.580 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3451 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.033 km SSW of Salamanca, Chile · 3454 days ago · 100 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.166 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3455 days ago · 58 km deep · 31 km away
- 5.455 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3455 days ago · 38 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 14
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008r30. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 3:00 PM UTC.